Dave An inspiring tale! And I can only hope that I am as lucky as you to be able to say that I have paddled half my life and still enjoying it as much as the first day I put in!!! Of course, I started at 47 -- but you never know, right!!! LISTEN UP!!!! If there are any 94-year-old paddlers out there, please speak up now!!! I'm in dire need of moral support!!! Oh well, rest assured, I'll be giving it my all for 40-plus -- God willing-- so beware!!! Jim Tynan Pike Road AL ~-----Original Message----- ~From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net ~[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Dave Williams ~Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:20 PM ~To: Paddlewise news group ~Subject: [Paddlewise] Awesome birthday sunset trip ~ ~ ~I went out on a sunset paddling trip on my birthday (yesterday) with two of ~my best friends. After a brief stop on a small secluded beach, we paddled ~out and around a corner. To our amazement, there was the most awesome ~rainbow any of us had ever seen. It was a double rainbow that was ~a perfect ~semi-circle and the ends landed on two separate islands. The color of the ~sky inside the inner rainbow was ineffable. We all just sat there in our ~kayaks for along time just staring at it. What a wonderful birthday ~present! ~ ~We sat there until it started getting dark. To our delight, when we turned ~around, we saw one of the better sunsets. We paddle out to this particular ~island at least once a week. We are seldom disappointed with the sunsets, ~especially during the rainy season. ~ ~I started paddling on my birthday 22 years ago. I turned 44 yesterday so ~that means that I've officially been paddling half of my life! I love it ~just as much today as I ever have. This was one of the best natural gifts ~I've ever received! ~ ~All the best, ~Dave ~ ~Dave Williams ~dave_at_paddleasia.com ~http://paddleasia.com ~Phuket, Thailand ~ ~*************************************************************************** ~PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the ~author and not ~to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission ~Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net ~Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net ~Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ~*************************************************************************** ~ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 17 1999 - 21:32:24 PDT
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